Immigration Q&A: Naturalization questions and answers

Here is our annual two-part summer feature on the questions U.S. naturalization candidates can be asked during a citizenship interview, as provided by the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Service. Here are the first 50, with answers – next week's column will have the remaining 50 questions and answers.

20. Answers vary according to state. In New York, Charles Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand

21. Four hundred and thirty five

22. Two

23. Answers vary according to state

24. All people of the state

25. (Because of) the state’s population; (because) they have more people; (because) some states have more people

26. Four

27. November

28. Barack Obama

29. Joseph (Joe) Biden

30. The vice president

31. Speaker of the House

32. The president

33. The president

34. The president

35. Advises the president

36. Secretary of agriculture; secretary of commerce; secretary of defense; secretary of education; secretary of energy; secretary of health and human services; secretary of homeland security; secretary of housing and urban development; secretary of the interior; secretary of labor; secretary of state; secretary of transportation; secretary of the treasury; secretary of veterans affairs; attorney general; vice president